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Pole Attachment Agreement

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John R. Andrew
Fri, Jan 15, 2021 3:02 PM

All,

With 5G on the horizon, we negotiated a new pole attachment agreement with most of our vendors at a $20.00 rate to cover the rule that we must charge everyone the same rate.

AT&T is now wanting us to provide them with some accounting data to come up with an FCC rate due to our agreement as a Joint Use agreement, as we both own poles that are used by both entities. Their claim is that the Joint Use agreement would be treated differently and we would not have to treat other providers the same because they do not own poles and would require a license agreement.

Hopefully that’s legible, it’s early and I’m technically on a vacation day. 😉

Please let me know if you thing we will still be able to enforce our $20 pole attachment agreement if we negotiate a different joint use rate with AT&T landline.

Thanks,

John R. Andrew, J.D., M.P.A.
City Attorney
City of Ponca City
PO Box 1450
Ponca City, OK 74601-1450
Office: (580) 767-0337
Fax: (580) 767-0334

All, With 5G on the horizon, we negotiated a new pole attachment agreement with most of our vendors at a $20.00 rate to cover the rule that we must charge everyone the same rate. AT&T is now wanting us to provide them with some accounting data to come up with an FCC rate due to our agreement as a Joint Use agreement, as we both own poles that are used by both entities. Their claim is that the Joint Use agreement would be treated differently and we would not have to treat other providers the same because they do not own poles and would require a license agreement. Hopefully that’s legible, it’s early and I’m technically on a vacation day. 😉 Please let me know if you thing we will still be able to enforce our $20 pole attachment agreement if we negotiate a different joint use rate with AT&T landline. Thanks, John R. Andrew, J.D., M.P.A. City Attorney City of Ponca City PO Box 1450 Ponca City, OK 74601-1450 Office: (580) 767-0337 Fax: (580) 767-0334